Sports & Entertainment Law

While playing sports can be great fun and exercise, they also carry with them the chance of getting injured. However, while it may be common to get some bumps and bruises while playing a game of basketball, football, or other sport, some injuries happen due to the carelessness and negligence of others. When this happens, serious injuries such as broken bones, head injuries, or others can occur. If you find yourself having received a sports injury due to the negligence or carelessness of others, it's time to consult a personal injury attorney about filing a sports injury claim.

Frank McCourt is officially divorcing himself from the Los Angeles Dodgers. McCourt and his wife, Jamie, owned the Dodgers for seven years before experiencing legal troubles, filing for bankruptcy protection, and fighting through a messy divorce that directly impacted the ownership of the team. McCourt and Major League Baseball settled to sell one of the most popular teams in the sport late Tuesday, November 2, 2011. The announcement came as the Dodgers and MLB were due in Bankruptcy Court in Delaware at the end of the month. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Music, characters, and scripts have all been known to cause copyright infringement issues for movie companies. Most movie goers think movie companies own their own company logo. Surprisingly this is not the case for Millennium Films. Shopping for a new logo, Millennium contacted Technicolor Creative Services to help. Technicolor then contacted Bill Dawson the creative director for XK9 to create and present logo options to Millennium. Bill was paid for his initial work. If his logo was chosen Bill would have received further compensation for his work. Millennium expressed no interest in his work, therefore Bill was not additionally compensated. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Science is finally making some headway in figuring out what concussions do to people over a lifetime. Among the major professional sports, this problem has been particularly present in the NFL, where studies now show that at least 60% of former players had one or more concussions in their careers. More important, players who suffered from three or more concussions in their careers are nearly twenty times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s and other similar diseases than individuals who have never suffered a concussion. If you have suffered a concussion, consult with an experienced brain injury lawyer to exercise their rights to deal with the after effects of concussions. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In the recent months we have seen several examples of fans taking a more active role when it comes to their sports teams. Billboards have been constructed urging a team to start a different quarterback and protests have been erupted outside baseball stadiums. College sport fans have expressed their disgust for team violations resulting from conduct of ex-players and coaches. Such violations have usually resulted in sanctions that take years for a team to recover while the people directly responsible for the violations walk free.[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Early in my sports writing career, I was talking to a former high school assistant coach about the firing of a basketball team's head coach that happened two years prior. The coach had just led his team to a state championship, but a group of parents, irate over their children's playing time, banded together. They successfully persuaded the school administrators to fire the coach. His assistants all resigned in protest. If you hear that a coach who has just won a state championship has been fired by the school, aren't you going to think he must have done something really bad? the assistant asked. Indeed, the first though I had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

It is time for the players of the NBA to stop talking, stop ‘making a stand’ and take what the owners are offering, which currently stands at a 50/50 split of revenue. At the end of the day the fans want basketball and without the fans there is no NBA, no millionaire athletes, no CBA to be re-negotiated, etc. Plus, what is fairer than a 50/50 split, especially when the players were getting 57% during the last CBA? It is time to shut up and play. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

As Major League Baseball's postseaon draws to a close attention will soon shift to the impending expiration of Major League Baseballss Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in December. Along with talks of playoff expansion, an international draft, and revenue sharing demands for a salary cap will inevitably emerge from all corners. From Brewers owner, Mark Attanasio who responded to C.C. Sabathia's defection of the Yankees in 2009 by saying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Victor Willis is not just the “cop/sailor” from the Village People. He is now leading the voice for musicians seeking to take back control of their copyrighted works. On Wednesday, attorneys for Willis appeared in front of a federal judge to argue why copyright grants to 33 of Willis’s musical compositions, including hits such as “Y.M.C.A.” and “In the Navy”, should be terminated despite objections from Can’t Stop Productions (CSP), the company who currently owns the rights. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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